Panhandle Times

Board of Public Accountancy paid an average compensation of $79,288 during 2021, this was more than the public employee average of $55,188, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

The highest-paid public employee in Texas was Beau Michelle Le, who earned $608,850 as the chief scientific officer at the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

The national median hourly wage is $19.14 according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the OECD, the average yearly wage in the US is more than $60,000.

When calculating average compensation, only employees categorized as full-time were included.

Rank	Employee	Amount Earned
1	William Treacy	$190,190
2	Jerry Hill	$156,256
2	Alan Hermanson	$156,256
4	Ann Hallam	$135,469
5	Kyle McGaw	$123,256
6	Jackie Frazier	$121,879
7	Donna Wier	$120,780
7	Daniel Weaver	$120,780
9	Thomas Payne	$110,346
10	Jonathan Smith	$100,690
11	John Moore	$99,017
12	Paulette Beiter	$96,124
13	Maria Lagunas	$88,309
14	Marissa Mahoney	$73,477
15	Roel Cantu	$71,746
16	Marisa Rios	$71,308
17	Ismael Castillo Jr.	$71,302
18	Julie Prien	$71,141
19	April Serrano	$66,322
20	Gilbert Gutierrez	$64,223
21	J. Franco	$51,832
22	Febbraro Josephine Briones	$51,170
23	Alexis Holliday	$49,440
24	Tina Smith	$49,254
25	Cherylyn Turner	$49,011
26	Delia Castro	$48,867
27	Rhonda Fellner	$48,341
28	Kenny Pettitte	$47,688
29	Jennifer Costilla	$47,301
30	Brian O'Neal	$46,570
31	Knox Williams	$45,000
32	Juan Benitez	$44,400
33	Maria Graziani	$43,062
34	Margaret Sheehan	$42,905
35	Telisa Harwell	$41,140
36	Kathie Nguyen	$39,520